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Saturday, 21 July 2012

Deck Builder's Toolkit 2012 (M13 Edition)

Well - as with last years edition it seems no-one has collected all the card lists for this. Unlike last year I'm going to put them all in one post. As with last year this set is for starting out players with small collections. it comprises ENTIRELY of commons and uncommons (and not many uncommons - 2 per colour and then 4 per deck fragment - 26 in total) but the cards contained would be more expensive to buy outside of this pack purely because of the boosters. The boosters give you another 12+ uncommons and 4+ rares (due to flip cards and foils you can get more than this) and basically make up 80% of the cost of the box. For me - even if I give most of the cards away this year (which I will likely do) I get the boosters, the cool box and the joy of all this typing again...

See you next year.

The Boosters are Innistrad Block:

Innistrad
Dark Ascension
Avacyn Restored
M13

This makes sense as now the product is perfectly positioned to last a whole standard season - kudos WOTC!

Credit for the typing up of these goes to the posters in the message board thread below:http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=432032I added my own semi-random decks and checked the ones I had.As you can see of the 11 deck fragments, you have the 5 tribal themes from Innistrad block (vampires, spirits, humans, angels, zombies) - notable for the absence of Werewolves which has been worked into the Midrange Green cards but without any DFC (but you get one in the INN & DKA packs so I'm not sure why this was excluded). We have the returning mechanic deck in Exalted, the Library Depletion (Mill) and Burn. The most interesting are the Evasion & Tokens which were not in last years selection but are thematically from the recent block.Non Random Cards.White Banded Pack - commonsGhoulcaller's BellElgaud InquisitorVoice of the ProvincesAttended KnightCathedral SanctifierChapel GeistNiblis of the MistSeraph of DawnGriffin ProtectorGlorious ChargeSafe Passage2x PacifismCloudshiftUrgent ExorcismMist RavenGryff VangardArchaeomancerStormbound GeistDeranged Assistant2x Welkin TernScroll theifThought ScourEssence ScatterNegateDivinationCurse of the Bloody TomeEncrustVampire InterloperLiliana's ShadeRavenous RatsBloodhunter BatTormented SoulDriver of the DeadMarkov PatricianGhoulcaller's ChantSign in blood2x MurderDuressDead weightVictim of NightPitchburn DevilsTorch FiendBladetusk BoarForge DevilHeirs of StromkirkRummaging GoblinFire ElementalSearing SpearTraitorous BloodBrimstone VolleyDemolishKrenko's CommandPillar of FlameBorderland RangerAvacyn's PilgrimElvish visionaryRed banded pack - green commons + uncommons + start of lands2x Arbor ElfAmbush ViperGeist TrappersPathbreaker WurmWildwood GeistTitanic GrowthFarseekRanger's PathNatural EndPrey UponCrusader of OdricOblivion RingTalrand's InvocationNiblis of the BreathVampire NighthawkAbattoir GhoulFalkenrath ExterminatorGang of DevilsRoaring PrimadoxHollowhenge ScavengerM13 land (Two copies of all 4 M13 designs) so:8 Plains8 Island8 Swamp8 Mountain8 ForestGold banded pack: remaining lands